This is a presentation discussing th key factors in how to make better group decisions as a team and how to arrive at a consensus. This is from a workshop of ours. To learn more about our programs, visit http://www.compass-cd.com

1. WELCOME!
Working Effectively as a
Team
The Compass Program
June Session
Next Month:
Empowering Others for Success
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2. What is a TEAM?
A group of people working together, committed
to achieving a common goal

3. This Workshop Will
Help You To…
Create the environment where everyone is
committed towards working together to achieve
a common goal
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4. Team Decision Making
Why is the function of decision making so
important to the overall success of the team?
3. Allows the team to make better decisions
which allows the team to produce better work
4. When done right, it helps to significantly
increase the commitment level of the team
members, as well as build relationships and
trust

5. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Lack of Response

6. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Authority Rule

7. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Minority Rule

8. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Majority Rule

9. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Consensus

10. The Methods of Group
Decision Making:
Unanimous Consent

11. What is Groupthink?
Groupthink was a term coined by social
psychologist Irving Janis
 “A mode of thinking that people engage in
when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-
group, when the members’ strivings for
unanimity override their motivation to
realistically appraise alternative courses of
action.”
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12. Criteria to Decide Which
Method is Best
 Amount of time available
 The make-up of the members
 The Team Operating Norms
 The nature or importance of the task
 The history of the group
 The work climate the group wants to establish
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13. Consensus
When all team members understand the
decision, commit to it, and will support it, even
if they may not agree with it 100%.

14. Behaviors that help to
encourage consensus
 Contributing ideas and opinions
 Building on your ideas and others’
 Clarifying information
 Summarizing and pulling ideas together
 Focusing the group on the task at hand
 Encouraging other group members to share
 Regulating who participates and how much
 Harmonizing during disagreements

15. Group Decision
Making Model

16. How to create a fishbone
diagram
1. Define the problem
2. Identify several possible causes
3. Brainstorm factors which contribute to or
cause each major category
4. Explore more and more specific causes
5. Identify and circle the most likely root causes

17. What we covered:
 Importance of group decision making
 Team Operating Norms
 6 decision making methods
 Groupthink
 Consensus
 Group Decision Making Model, brainstorming
 Team problem solving – fishbone diagram
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18. Coming up:
Recap E-mail: Today
MAP Meeting: This week
1-on-1: Next week
Accountability Call: Wed, 7/1 @ 8:30am
Next Month: Wednesday, July 8th
Empowering Others for Success
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19. Final Quote:
“The problem for the group as a whole is that is
a substantial number of people take the wait-
and-see attitude, it is difficult to get any
group action started.”
-Edgar H. Schein
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